How Do I Know If I’m In The SOPEC Electric Aggregation Program?

For Southwest Ohio Communities Served by AES Ohio

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs, like the SOPEC Electric Aggregation Program, bundle all eligible residential and small commercial electric utility accounts in a community together to receive a competitive supply rate from an Ohio-registered Competitive Retail Electric Service (CRES) provider.

Quick Tip: You are enrolled in the SOPEC Electric Aggregation Program if your electric bill shows AEP Energy as the Generation Supplier at the rate listed for your community.

If a Generation Supplier is not listed on your electric bill, you are receiving the regulated Standard Service Offer from the electric utility. For our Southwest Ohio communities, the utility is AES Ohio.

Here’s What Your AES Ohio Bill Looks Like When You’re in SOPEC’s Aggregation Program:

The example AES Ohio electric bill (shown to the left), shows a customer enrolled in the SOPEC Electric Aggregation Program. As shown, the selected CRES provider for the program is AEP Energy. CRES providers procure electric power/supply, as AEP Energy does for the SOPEC CCA program. Currently, AEP Energy ensures SOPEC customers that are AES Ohio utility customers receive renewable energy supply (not listed on the electric bill).

This information is listed on page 2 of all AES Ohio electric bills. From the top right of page 2, a “Price-to-Compare Message” is listed first that explains that a CRES provider/supplier must offer a price lower than the highlighted AES Ohio price-to-compare, also called the AES Ohio standard service offer. Below that message are the charges from the electric utility company, AES Ohio. AES Ohio charges a base “Customer Charge” and “Other Delivery Charges” related to the transmission and distribution of electricity to the account. Below the “AES Ohio Delivery Charges” are “Supply Charges” that will show the highlighted “Supply Total” and a logo of the account’s supplier — AEP Energy.

Below, an AEP Energy call number will be listed along with the billing period. In this bill, the customer used 1,377 kWh of electricity supply at a rate of $0.07457 per kWh for a total of $102.68. The highlighted rate is the SOPEC CCA program rate for the City of Dayton, Ohio.